Need to Extend C Drive


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home
       #1

    Need to Extend C Drive


    I am running a Win 7 64-bit machine with an extra HD (F: in my screenshot). I have been reading and found the help I needed to delete an added partition and extend it to my D drive but my C is in the red.
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    My son is usually my personal geek but he is deployed and can't help me. I am totally paranoid about using command line so if there is another solution then that would be my first preference.

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    I have downloaded the Partition Wizard but wanted a bit of direction before I go off and tear something up.

    Thank you in advance,

    A
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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    Did you download the bootable version from the bottom of this link?

    Free download Magic Partition Manager Software, partition magic alternative, free partition magic, partition magic Windows 7 and server partition software - Partition Wizard Online

    If it's D that you want to delete, you are going to have to find some other place to put the data on it temporarily.

    Looks like D has over 200 GB of data. Where can you put that temporarily? Won't fit on F?

    Or do you want to delete some other partition?

    You can't extend C onto F.

    You can move space from D to C, but D would remain, albeit smaller.
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home
    Thread Starter
       #3

    "You can move space from D to C, but D would remain, albeit smaller."

    This is exactly what I want to do. Do I need the bootable version for this or can it be achieved in Windows and I just haven't figured it out?

    I could move all the data from D if necessary but I really want to just push a few Gigs over to C.
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  4. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #4

    The bootable version is preferred here.

    I would not begin the operation unless I had everything on D backed up somewhere.

    Bootable PW is highly reliable, but safety first.
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  5. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Ok I have that. While I was waiting I followed their directions but my unallocated space didn't show up between C and D. It's after D. I am sure I'm just missing something relevant in their step-by-step. Will keep banging away at it.
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  6. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #6

    You are missing something.

    Look here, option 3

    Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD
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